Two-way hold-tight clothespin



Jan. 2, 1951 J. H. BRANDSTETTER 2,536,719

' TWO-WAY HOLD-TIGHT CLOTHESPIN Filed Aug. 1, 1946 FIG. 2. FIG. 3. FIG. 4. /z

I N VEN TOR.

JACOB H. BRANDSTETTER ATTD R N EYB Patented Jan. 2, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TWO-WAY HOLD-TIGHT CLOTHESPIN Jacob H. Brandstetter, Zelienople, Pa.

Application August 1, 1946, Serial No. 687,618

1 Claim. (01. 24139) This invention relates to a clothes pin which is constructed from a single strand of wire.

An object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin formed of a single length of wire, bent to provide a pair of resiliently opposed jaws or legs which are adapted to grip clothes therebetween on a clothes line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin that by its relative position on the clothes line can be used to suspend light or heavy articles.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof;

Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 1 in inverted position;

Figure 4 is a front view of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the device partially completed;

Figure 6 is the same, and

Figure 7 is a side view of the device being bent to form the opposed jaws.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the pin I0 is formed from a single length or strip of wire, and is bent at the points I2 and M respectively to form the parallel shanks I6 and 18 respectively, and the ends of the wire are soldered together at 20.

With the pin thus formed, and as shown in Figure 5, the shanks are provided with the upwardly bent bowed portions 22 and 24, and these portions are in pairs in parallel opposed relation to each other.

Intermediate these portions, and adjacent the medial portion of the shanks the outwardly bent horizontal bowed portions 26 and 28 ar formed, and these portions are in pairs in opposed parallel relation to each other.

The shanks are then bent inwardly at their opposite ends at 30 and 32 respectively to position the shanks in contact therewith for the exception of the portions [2 and IA. The shanks are then bent towards each other at the medial point 34 of the pin to form parallel engaging 2 jaws or legs for the gripping of articles 35 on the line 38.

In operation, the pin may be used to grip clothes between the bent portions l2 and M or between the shanks at the medial point 35. In Figure 1 the pin is used to retain heavy articles on the line and in Figure 3 the pin is used to retain light articles on the line.

An exceedingly simple, easily formed and durable clothes pin has thus been provided, which possesses a wide range of utility and which may be easily applied in operative position or removed from such a position.

It is believed that the construction and advantages of the invention, as well as its use, will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description, and it is to be understood that changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A clothes pin of the character described, constructed from a single strand of wire, comprising a loop at each end, said loops forming parallel shanks, horizontally and vertically inclined bowed portions intermediate said loops in said shanks, said shanks being bent at their medial point to form parallel engaging jaws, said loops and said horizontal bowed portions lying in the same plane, said shanks being bent inwardly for parallel alignment with each other for the majority of their length, and said bowed portions providing right angularly disposed gripping portions.

JACOB H. BRANDSTETTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this-patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 418,918 Liebscher Jan. 7, 1890 1,347,429 Witt July 20, 1920 1,446,362 VOgel 2. Feb. 20, 1923 2,080,173 Guimond May 11, 1937 2,101,742 Lognion Dec. 7, 1937 

